ARLINGTON — John C. Lawson Stadium in Arlington was alive when girls varsity soccer squared off against Mariner on Oct. 4. Players, coaches, parents and fans could hear Will.I.Am and the Black-Eyed Peas sing about having “the time of their lives” amid the pre-game music.
Ken Klein comes from a pioneer family who settled in Arlington and the surrounding area as dairy farmers in the late 1800’s. Ken spent all his life here as have his parents, well-known figures at Safeway and the Arlington School District. Upon graduation from high school, Ken went on to WWU and received his degree in Business/Finance and is employed as a manager at a large food service company.
SMOKEY POINT — Live music, kayaking and flight are among the adventures that will be auctioned off at the ninth annual “Fall Into Art” auction on Saturday, Oct. 15.
This will accompany an assortment of original art and an evening of festivities to benefit the Arlington Arts Council’s mission to bring more art to Arlington.
“If you don’t have an ugly tie, you can buy one,” said Brian Beckley, principal of Arlington High School, as he opened the Bingo games for the Arlington “Dollars for Scholars” Foundation’s annual fundraiser in the Presidents Elementary cafetorium.
With the new school year well underway, the Arlington School District celebrated the accomplishments of its Summer School for English Language Learners, which ran from Aug. 15-26 at Presidents Elementary to help students ready themselves for this school year.
Dan Teeter sat his team down before the season began to let them know that Archbishop Murphy was this year’s homecoming game. “I wanted this one in front of the biggest crowd so we could get as many people to see what Cougar football looked like,” he said.
Snohomish County high school cross country teams descended upon Cedarcrest Golf Course in Marysville for the annual Tomahawk Twilight Invitational, a contest of endurance amid dark clouds and a three-mile rolling green-and-fairway course, on Oct. 1.
Judging from recent voting patterns, clever propaganda blitzes convince people to believe just about anything. Poor people have been convinced it’s in their interests to award tax breaks to the super-rich. Workers with no pension plans are conned into voting against Social Security. What a strange world.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Library, located at 135 N. Washington Ave., has a full calendar of events scheduled for the month of October.
ARLINGTON — Arlington High School’s “College Day” will bring community colleges, state colleges and universities to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 11, to conduct informational sessions and answer students’ questions.
ARLINGTON — Spend an evening out being entertained by the music of the swing era in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 8.
The “Route 66” swing band will be headlining, with Arlington High School Jazz Band I opening the show. Route 66 has been playing instrumental and vocal music from the swing era throughout the greater Puget Sound region for more than 25 years. They specialize in the music of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, for fans both young and old.
